> “Using VPNs to access blocked or illegal content is against Islamic and social norms, therefore, their use is not acceptable under Islamic law. It falls under ‘abetting in sin,’ ” said the statement, quoting the council’s chairman, Raghib Naeemi.
> The statement declared that any technology, including the internet, used to access “immoral or illegal activities is prohibited according to Islamic principles.”
Are there provisions for the people working on the systems that filters the traffic or those that validate that an address must be blocked?
Just like the Catholic Church declared beavers are fish so they could be consumed during Lent in Canada in the 18th century because other food was hard to come by in winter there.
Yes, but it's not because computers/VPNs are involved, it's because it's used to do another illegal act (ie. accessing blocked or illegal content). It's not any different than anti-circumvention provisions in US law.
They are almost openly abducting people running Facebook pages which are mostly memes against the government. One could say government is trying to curb all propaganda against itself using absolutely any means since khans ouster.
Twitter is banned in the country yet our PM posted congrats for Trump on Twitter.